OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Gerald Murphy 

• Notes

  This play was commissioned and developed during the SEEDS new writing project, a joint initiative between Rough Magic Theatre Company and the Dublin Fringe Festival.

• Synopsis

  Bren works nights as a security guard. He likes to spend his days alone with his computer. A visit from his middle brother, Andy, is clearly unwelcome, the more so as he brings news that their father and younger brother, Kev, are also on their way. Eddie, the father, is hell bent on persuading his three sons to visit their mother, who may or may not be in hospital, who may or may not even still live in the same house as Eddie. As the wrangling continues, each one's true circumstances become ever more vague. Where precisely are Andy's wife and child? And does Kev really have that whizzy job in IT? And what is going on with their mother? Take me Away is a dark comedy about a disintegrating family.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  13 February 2004

• Production Notes

  This play was staged as part of Rough Magic in Rep, running in repertory with Words of Advice for Young People by Ioanna Anderson.
  

• Producer

  Produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme